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Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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1116 points whatok | 3 comments | 19 Aug 19 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.772s | source
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avip ◴[19 Aug 19 20:09 UTC] No.20741336[source]▶
My YT overlord lately decided I should watch Jackie Chan commentates about the situation in Hong-Kong [0]. I was very surprised to see the English comments almost unanimously support China. Would have expected the opposite sentiment.

[edit: stupid me, the uploader is CGTN, a well-known state propoganda channel]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7rIg49I0yI

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1. kweks ◴[19 Aug 19 21:54 UTC] No.20742180[source]▶
Jackie Chan has a very pro-China stance. In his autobiography, he mentions that he is proud to be Chinese, and makes several associations to Chinese culture, seemingly over Hong Kong.

I found it to be a curious position, seeing as he is adored by Hong Kongers, and always seemed to identify as / with HK.

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2. vmlinuz ◴[19 Aug 19 23:39 UTC] No.20742693[source]▶
He was adored by Hong Kongers - he is now generally rather disliked and considered a sell-out in HK, for exactly this reason...
3. profalseidol ◴[20 Aug 19 04:28 UTC] No.20743846[source]▶
You do know that Hong Kong was really part of China right? It was taken by the British Empire in 1842 by destroying China in the First Opium War. When the British finally gave it back to China in 1997, a lot of the non-chinese moved out of HK.

What I'm trying to emphasize is that "Hong Kongers" and Jackie Chan are Chinese.